After reading all the comments giving 10 out of 10 I started thinking whether I was the only one who actually liked Rocky series but not this one. Maybe this wouldn't be the case if I haven't seen this film right after watching the 5 precedents. However this is how it went on and I can definitely say that this movie lacked a lot that the five preceding, let alone the fabulous first two, films had.
I think its most crushing lack was Rocky's cause or motivation for the fight. Please don't tell me "'cuz Fighters gotta fight". No, they don't, particularly after their 50s and against a world champ at his 20s!! In all those first five movies, there was such a cause, such a logic behind those fights that would make you get into the movie and fight in Rocky's place if he ignored the challenges. This is apparently not the case in this one. I am sorry, but no, I couldn't feel it.
Another setback is references to previous movies. I was expecting more hitting, provocative and somewhat modernised references to past movies. To begin with, the training scene had nothing original! I was going for a run and even about to sign up for a gym each time I saw any of first four movies - RB can only be compared to the fifth one in these terms. As with the music, I would expect some changes to the original tunes which would make you feel like you're listening to a 2000s version of, for example, "Gonna fly now". Listening to the same song over and over again after years passed would simply mean that you couldn't add anything new on what you wonderfully did years ago.
Finally, the opponent. In most 21st century movies, when an actor is not artistically talented, he is at least expected to be handsome/beautiful or have a good body, as a consolation. This guy however lacked both criteria. In terms of script; he doesn't have a real story behind or an interesting connection to Rocky (please don't tell me that you bought that a world champion would ever accept to fight a senior legend just because he lost to his shape from decades ago in a video simulation).
All in all, if you want to drop your Rocky addiction for a while (until you start again in a year or so), I would definitely recommend seeing this movie. But if you want to stay in the loop, just keep watching the first two or four or even five of the series and skip RB.
I think its most crushing lack was Rocky's cause or motivation for the fight. Please don't tell me "'cuz Fighters gotta fight". No, they don't, particularly after their 50s and against a world champ at his 20s!! In all those first five movies, there was such a cause, such a logic behind those fights that would make you get into the movie and fight in Rocky's place if he ignored the challenges. This is apparently not the case in this one. I am sorry, but no, I couldn't feel it.
Another setback is references to previous movies. I was expecting more hitting, provocative and somewhat modernised references to past movies. To begin with, the training scene had nothing original! I was going for a run and even about to sign up for a gym each time I saw any of first four movies - RB can only be compared to the fifth one in these terms. As with the music, I would expect some changes to the original tunes which would make you feel like you're listening to a 2000s version of, for example, "Gonna fly now". Listening to the same song over and over again after years passed would simply mean that you couldn't add anything new on what you wonderfully did years ago.
Finally, the opponent. In most 21st century movies, when an actor is not artistically talented, he is at least expected to be handsome/beautiful or have a good body, as a consolation. This guy however lacked both criteria. In terms of script; he doesn't have a real story behind or an interesting connection to Rocky (please don't tell me that you bought that a world champion would ever accept to fight a senior legend just because he lost to his shape from decades ago in a video simulation).
All in all, if you want to drop your Rocky addiction for a while (until you start again in a year or so), I would definitely recommend seeing this movie. But if you want to stay in the loop, just keep watching the first two or four or even five of the series and skip RB.